Here & Now
Weekdays 12-2 p.m.
Here & Now is NPR’s midday developing news program, focused on what’s changed since Morning Edition and what it means for listeners. The program is hosted by Robin Young, Deepa Fernandes, and Scott Tong.
Produced in a unique collaboration between NPR and WBUR Boston, the program showcases an unmatched range of voices and regional perspectives. In addition, Here & Now editorial partners include STAT (science & medical), Grist (environmental reporting) and regular appearances by the international reporters of the Washington Post.
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In Pennsylvania, state Supreme Court justices are elected by voters who get to decide every 10 years whether they keep their jobs.
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Superhero comedy "Dispatch" unites the ease of watching TV with the interactivity of a video game. -
"The Eleventh Hour" is a quintet of stories set in India, America and England. -
In the United States, 3 million elderly and disabled people get health care benefits at home, which is covered by Medicaid in many states. But the way states determine who is eligible for care is confusing and could leave people out.
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With best-selling nonfiction books such as "The Orchid Thief" and as a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1992, Susan Orlean has made a successful career out of telling other people's stories. Now, she tells her own in the memoir "Joyride." -
Royal Palmer, who owns Driftless Market and Deli in Platteville, Wisconsin, says he has a customer base heavily composed of retirees.
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Girls' flag football has been sanctioned as a high school varsity sport in nearly a dozen states.
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New and used car prices have soared in the last four years. And that’s only the most visible price tag for America's reliance on cars.
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According to officials, the hurricane killed at least 33 people in Jamaica and resulted in billions of dollars in damage.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration says it arrested 200 high-ranking members of the Sinaloa cartel in New England.
